Me and the Biospheres by John Allen
The life story of John P. Allen, inventor of the largest laboratory for global ecology ever built and one of the most luminous minds of our time. Contained within a magnificently designed air-tight glass-and-steel-framed setting, Biosphere 2 covered three acres of Arizona desert and included models of seven biomes: an ocean with coral reef, marsh, rainforest, savannah, desert, farm and a micro-city. Eight people lived inside this structure for two years (1991-1993) and set world records in human life support while monitoring their impact on the environment and providing crucial data for future manned missions into outer space. Humorous and reminiscent of Whitman, Me and the Biospheres is a tribute to the ingenuity and dauntlessness of the human mind and a passionate call to reawaken to the beauty of our peerless home, Biosphere 1, the Earth.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780907791379 |
| ISBN 10 | 0907791379 |
| Title | Me and the Biospheres |
| Author | John Allen |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Synergetic Press Inc.,U.S. |
| Year published | 2009-02-26 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Prizes | Winner of Benjamin Franklin Award (Autobiography/Memoir) 2010, Winner of New Mexico Book Awards (Biography) 2009 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |